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Best of 2025: Gypsum County Cemetery

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/12/02Jan26-Best-of-2025-Gypsum-County-Cemetery.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you happen to drive by the cemetery in Gypsum, Colorado on April 8th, you may find several people serving…

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Best of 2025: Nathan Hale

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/12/01Jan26-Best-of-2025-Nathan-Hale.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)His only regret was that he had but one life to give for his country.  They are famous words uttered…

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Best of 2025: Michigan Pancake Town

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/12/31Dec25-Best-of-2025-Michigan-Pancake-Town.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Occasionally a winter storm will leave motorists stranded and locals will come to their aid.  That was the case in…

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Best of 2025: Chugwater, Wyoming

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/12/30Dec25-Best-of-2025-Chugwater-Wyoming.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is noted to be the longest running image used on a license plate anywhere in the world.  The image…

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Best of 2025: The Little White House

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/12/29Dec25-Best-of-2025-Little-White-House.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you go to a tropical location, some people might decide to don a floral print shirt.  But things got…

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Best of 2025 – Border Line Library

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/12/26Dec25-Best-of-2025-Border-Line-Library.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There is a black tape line on the floor of the library in Derby Line, Vermont.  Walk inside and cross…

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Best of 2024 – The Hawaii Champion Cowboy

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/12/01Jan25-Best-of-2024-Hawaii-Champion-Cowboy.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The accomplishment was so spectacular it is still remembered over a century later.  A cowboy journeyed thousands of miles to…

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Best of 2024 – A KISS Homecoming

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/12/31Dec24-Best-of-2024-KISS-Homecoming.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There perhaps has never been a homecoming dance like the 1975 Cadillac, Michigan version.  The students and the entire town…

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Best of 2024 – The Lancaster Circuses

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/12/30Dec24-Best-of-2024-Lancaster-Circus.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Lancaster, Missouri is not a big town, but in the 1920s, the circuses came to town.  And yes, I did…

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Best of 2024 – Little America

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/12/27Dec24-Best-of-2024-Little-America.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This place isn’t really a town, yet it has its own zip code.  Sometimes it’s a bit of a game…

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Best of 2024 – Ismay, Montana

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/12/26Dec24-Best-of-2024-Ismay-Montana.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ll need to drive on six miles of gravel roads from the highway to get to the tiny town of…

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Best of 2023: The Offer to the Bily Brother

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/01Jan23-Best-of-2023-Bily-Brothers.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1928 the Bily brothers received quite an offer from Henry Ford.  He offered them one million dollars for something…

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Best of 2023: North Carolina Nuclear Bomb Farm

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/29Dec23-Best-of-23-North-Carolina-Nuclear-Bomb-Farm.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the Best of 2023 with The American Countryside! Brent Tyndall has people pulling in his driveway just about every…

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Best of 2023: The Midwest Dream Car Museum

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/28Dec23-Best-of-23-Midwest-Dream-Car-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the Best of 2023 with The American Countryside! If you’ve ever seen one of the movies in the Back…

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Best of 2023: Cole Younger

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/27Dec23-Best-of-23-Cole-Younger.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the Best of 2023 with The American Countryside! When you hear the name Cole Younger, you probably think of…

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Best of 2023: Al’s Oasis

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/26Dec23-Best-of-23-Als-Oasis.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the best of 2023 with a The American Countryside! If you’ve driven across interstate 90 in South Dakota you…

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The Best of 2022 – Big Ben the Steer

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/30Dec22-Best-of-2022-Ben-the-Steer.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He is the biggest steer on record – a beef that was over 16 feet in length and weighed well…

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The Best of 2022 – Mean Green Jolly Giant

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/29Dec22-Best-of-2022-Green-Giant.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some people have a green thumb, and it certainly seemed the farmers in southern Minnesota were experts at growing peas. …

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The Best of 2022 – Big Bend Museum

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/28Dec22-Best-of-2022-Big-Bend.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In a moment I’ll take you to a small room, about the size of a large walk-in closet, that’s insured…

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The Best of 2022 – The Piggy Bank

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/27Dec22-Best-of-2022-Piggy-Bank.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Maybe you had a piggy bank as a child, or perhaps you still do.  In a moment I’ll take you…

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